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. 2010 Jan 26;7(1):e1000223.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000223.

Meeting the demand for results and accountability: a call for action on health data from eight global health agencies

Margaret Chan  1 , Michel Kazatchkine, Julian Lob-Levyt, Thoraya Obaid, Julian Schweizer, Michel Sidibe, Ann Veneman, Tadataka Yamada
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Meeting the demand for results and accountability: a call for action on health data from eight global health agencies

Margaret Chan et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Margaret Chan, Director-General of the WHO, and the heads of seven other global health agencies, call for a concerted global effort to collect better health data.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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